Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2012, 4:07 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 38 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2012, 4:07 PM MDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 E Lamar, CO | |
| Jun 2, 4:22 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Bristol, CO | |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Ne Wiley, CO | |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1.5 | Wiley, CO | |
| Jun 2, 4:55 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lamar, CO | COLLAPSED AWNING AT PHILLIPS 66 AT MAIN AND LEE STREETS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427 WUUS55 KPUB 022207 SVRPUB COC011-061-099-022245- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0044.120602T2207Z-120602T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 407 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 404 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF GRANADA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR...AND A THIRD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF QUEENS RESERVOIR. THESE WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRANADA...BRISTOL...QUEENS RESERVOIR...HARTMAN AND CHIVINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3782 10252 3804 10284 3850 10259 3825 10203 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 213DEG 13KT 3803 10246 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
1 follow-up statement
122 WWUS55 KPUB 022223 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 423 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 COC011-061-099-022245- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120602T2245Z/ BENT CO-PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 423 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA...NORTHERN PROWERS AND EAST CENTRAL BENT COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 418 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOL...OR 15 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 1 MILE NORTH OF LAMAR...WITH A THIRD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 6 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAMAR. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 414 PM NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES EAST OF LAMAR WITH ONE OF THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAMAR...HARTMAN AND CHIVINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3786 10248 3806 10283 3850 10259 3825 10203 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 215DEG 21KT 3814 10233 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 5:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 5:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 13 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 38 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.